Etymologies

Examples

“Class segregation and the spatial concentration of poverty at historically high levels,” concluded demographer Douglas Massey and his colleagues, “when juxtaposed with the growing concentration of affluence at all geographic levels, portends a divided society that runs counter to the egalitarian ideology of the United States and its historical commitment to equality.”

"A greater Hispanic presence is now evident in all parts of the country in large and small metropolitan areas, in the Snowbelt and in the Sunbelt," said William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, who analyzed the census data.

"When you see a place like Las Vegas, Phoenix or Orlando you're talking about what happened earlier in the decade so it's not necessarily a yardstick of what's going to happen over the next two or three years," said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

While the recession probably played an important role in fewer babies, another factor may be the net decline in recent years in immigration to the United States, said Mark Mather, demographer with the Population Reference Bureau.